Janice Temple "Skychitravels" hails from hometown Chicago when not flying as a flight attendant for a regional airline. Janice had worked in the travel industry for over 20 years in various roles including as a travel agent, account executive, ticket agent, and gate agent. Prior to her career, she lived as an expat for six years in Argentina, Belgium, France, Turkey and Venezuela with her family. She speaks fluent French, some Spanish and Turkish. Currently Janice is the editor of The Skychi Travel Guide which shares her experiences as a Flight Attendant Travel Blogger.

Founder of Naijatreks, Nigerian-born Folarin Kolawole’s photography and travel writing depict a passionate romance with nature’s endowments. He grew up in the small town of Akure, Ondo State. He is a travel journalist, geologist, researcher and tourism activist. When not at work, he writes geo-scientific research papers (many of which have been published in international journals and presented at various national conferences), and travels the length and breadth of Nigeria, exploring, taking photos, making videos and writing about her numerous hidden tourist potentials.

waka-about provides the tourist community in Nigeria with literature that is both factual and fun to read. Over the last few years it has published a guidebook to the Nigerian city of Jos, a pamphlet on bird watching as well as a travel book Nigerian Festivals. In 2008, the outfit launched the print and online version of the travel based newsletter (www.wakaabout.wordpress.com). At the moment, the in-house team of writers, photographers and graphic artists is working on a series of mini-guides to attractions and destinations in Nigeria for future publication.

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